Hot water; hotter tempers
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai
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Drop shots
How the battle that won India’s war against polio was fought in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh A Friday evening. A muezzin in Pakbada, a densely populated village in Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh, summons
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Health check-UP
Digital health-mapping service to be extended to all districts. If everything goes well, Uttar Pradesh can soon boast a state-wide digital health-mapping facility. Once implemented, the service will provide
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Chew that bites
Back then, it was the epitome of macho style. Grey-haired daddies puffed on pipes, villains bit off cigars and Amitabh even made the bidi look hep when he lit one in Deewar. When he played Don in 1978,
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NUCLEAR SAFETY
Sometimes, those who are able to understand complexities are flummoxed by the simplest of things. The country's atomic establishment has realised this, ruefully, and at much cost. While scientists and
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Recovery mode
Indians, it seems, are obsessed with growth. Everyone wants to see and experience it. Growth, however, is as much elusive as it is desired. Policy makers and politicians are at their wits' end in their
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A mine of troubles
When the BJP nearly lost the Bellary zilla panchayat elections a week ago, a reporter asked Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa:
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On the green go
When the who
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Hot and sour soup
Honey, I shrunk the food on your plate. That is what the government should be telling those who have got over the tears caused by too little onion in the basket. The tears have now given way to bitterness, as sugar price has begun its journey northward, slowly but surely.
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Spotted immigrant
Conservationists say the Maharaja of Sargujar killed India
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Jolly good ride
Sudhir Nair, a Bangalore-based software professional, gets his travel expenses reimbursed by his company. But he prefers public transport to using his car. The reason: the low-floor air-conditioned Volvo city buses.